8 Capital Journal, Salem,
Polio Epidemic
Short of Peak
New York, Aug. 26 m The
polio epidemic may not have
reached even the half-way point
yet, and 1949 is certain to be
the worst polio year in U. S.
history, says the National Foun
dation for Infantile Paralysis
The score on the basis of the
Foundation's latest reports:
17,306 cases so far in 1949.
3,422 new cases reported in
the nation last week the high
est number ever recorded for one
week.
The total of reported cases
through last week compared
with 9,743 for the same period
of 1948, the second worst polio
year up to that time.
In 1916, which had ranked as
the worst epidemic year, there
was a total of about 300,000 re
ported cases.
The figures and prediction
were issued yesterday by Dr.
Hart E. Van Riper, the founda
tion's medical director, who
laid:
"Study of previous patterns of
polio incidence shows that the
peak may come anywhere be
tween mid-August and mld-Sep
tember. But the mid-point of
the epidemic . . . never has oc
curred before the second week
In September. '
"If the peak is reached early,
the reduction in cases is slower
than if it comes later. When
the peak is reached late, the
number of new cases reported
drops rapidly. ,
Dr. Van Riper said this year's
record of cases shows a sharp
rise week by week since early
spring, without even temporary
drops.
West Salem Club Give
To Hospital Program
A donation of $25 to the Sa
lem Hospital Development Pro
gram was voted at a business
meeting of the West Salem Lions
club Thursday night.
The club set the dale for its
annual picnic for Sunday, Sep
tember 11, at Paradise Island.
The club's first regular meet
ing of the year will be Wednes
day, September 14 at 6:30 p.m.
at City hall.
Last night's meeting was the
first at which Junior Eckley, the
new president, has presided.
If Columbus had sailed to the
new world in the spring Instead
of the fall, it is likely that he
would have landed in the United
States because he was following
birds in flight.
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Ore., Friday, August 26, 1949
"Snoopy", Ends Up In Silo Pit "Snoopy", 650-pound heller
owned by Everett Lampson of Osceola, Wis., gazes plaintively
from the deep silo pit into which she dove through a 20-inch
opening while being chased by her owner. Now "Snoopy"
must wait until enough silage has been put Into the empty
silo to raise her to ground level before she can have any hope
of getting out of her predicament. (AP Wirephoto).
Plan for Opening
At Willamette
Final preparations leading to
the opening of the fall semester
at Willamette university are
now being made and when the
freshmen arrive on the campus
September 13 they will find
virtually all details of an order
ly program completed. In mak
ing this statement, President G
Herbert Smith said that the uni
versity anticipated an enroll
ment of between 1000 and 1100,
approximately 125 below that
of a year ago.
Pressure for admission has
dropped off materially during
the past year, reflecting a fall
ing economy. Many of those
who are seeking admission, Dr
Smith said, will need jobs to
assist them in financing their
way. Attendance of 1000
about the goal the university has
set up since the administration
feels that number can be nan
died on a satisfactory basis.
scholastically.
Workmen are now engaged in
Installing an electric pipe organ
in the basement of the music
building. This instrument will
relieve the pressure on the or
gan in Waller hall. Stacks re
cently installed in the library
will increase Its capacity by
about one third.
Freshmen week will open
September 13 and registration
will follow September 20 with
class work scheduled for the
following day.
Prison Home for
Conley After 33 Years
Stillwater, Minn., Aug. 26 l).R
John C. Conley, 63, who was
released from prison here after
serving 33 years for murder, has
asked to be brought "home" to
the penitentiary, Warden Leo
Utccht said today.
Conley turned himself In to
Sheriff J. R. Libengood at Lib-
by, Minn., this week. He said
he couldn't live up to the state
pardon board's order that he
must stay sober.
The board was considering
cancelling Conley's sentence
commutation to let him return to
the cell he considers "home."
LLil
Manufacturer and
Assistant Victims
Longview, Wash., Aug. 26 VP)
Two skeletons taken from a long
crashed airplane near here yes
terday have been identified as
those of a Detroit manufacturer
and a West Coast assistant, Cor
oner Gordon M. Quarnstrom said
today.
The coroner said that word
from a Glendale associate of the
two men disclosed the plane
owner definitely was Frank L.
McKenna of Detroit and Los An
geles. He was the owner of the
Knu-Vise company, manufactur
er of toggle clamps. A British
subject, he is survived by his
mother in England.
The other man in the plane
was Elmer West Jeffries of Ba
kersfield, Calif., who was travel
ing north with McKenna to at
tend a football game in Seattle
late in 1941 when their plane
disappeared.
Bridgeport Growers
Leave Surplus Hops
Dallas, Aug. 26 The entire
hop crop of the Bridgeport com
munity will probably remain on
the vines this year.
All growers Judson Foster,
Eldon Frink and Doc Wells
have sold their pickable allot
ment under the marketing agree
ment to grower-dealers who will
leave the Bridgeport hops on
the vines and pick the equiva
lent in their own yards in addi
tion to their own allotments.
It will be the first time in 60
or more years that no hops will
be picked in the Bridgeport vi
cinity and those who customar
ily pick hops there will miss the
income from that source. Meda
Foster sold to Jim Linn and all
others sold to Willams and Hart.
Woodbury Named
Portland, Aug. 26 VP) Sidney
F. Woodbury, Portland indus
trialist, is the temporary head
of the labor-management com
mittee here.
He was named by officers and
the board of directors of the
committee yesterday, following
the death of Chairman Lee C.
Stoll. A permanent chairman
will be named later.
Living Index
Takes New Dip
Washington, Aug. 26 (flV-The
government's living cost Index
took a new dip today.
It fell six-tenths of one per
cent from mid-June to mid-July.
The bureau of labor statistics
said the mid-July living costs
level was 168.5 per cent of the
1935-39 average. The average
is figured at 100 on the Index.
The new index is three' per
cent under a year ago but 70.9
per cent over the August, 1939,
prewar level.
Price drops for foods, wearing
apparel and house furnishings
caused the living cost decline.
Foods averaged 1.3 per cent
lower, apparel nine-tenths of
one per cent, and house furnish
ings three-tenths of one per cent
lower.
Slight rises in costs for rtmts
and miscellaneous goods and
services, including . municipal
transportation fares, were re
corded. Foods alone are seven per
cent under a year ago and 38.5
per cent over the level when
government price controls were
in effect.
Among foods, price declines
were noted by the bureau for
meats, poultry, fruits and vege
tables, fats and oils, sugar . and
bakery products.
Promise Fails
Beauty Queen
Kelso, Wash., Aug. 26 VP)
The "victory" won by Libby Al-
drich when she was named Miss
Washington was indeed hollow,
the Kelso Chamber of Commerce
charged today.
The chamber declared that a
promised $5000 wardrobe has
not been furnished, that a prom
ised statewide tour has not been
arranged, and that money has
not been furnished to reimburse
the Kelso chamber or to buy
rail tickets for Miss Washington
to attend the Atlantic City page
ant.
Clothing furnished Miss Wash
ington has a value "of about
$300," according to Chamber
President Max Moore.
The chamber awaited further
word today after being informed
that C. F. Lloyd-Young of Se
attle will underwrite Miss Al-
drich's expenses on her trip.
That expense payment would
be welcome, the chamber indi
cated. It also said that Miss
Washington herself has been un
der a heavy financial strain.
Her father has been seriously
ill, her younger sister suffered a
bad injury In an accident recent
ly, and she herself has been un
able to work all summer because
of the call for her to attend va
rious fairs and community cele
brations. Roseburg Car Dealer
Fined, on Probation
Tacoma, Aug. 26 VV) .Roy F.
Smith, Roseburg, Ore., automo
bile dealer was fined $750 and
placed on probation for two
years here today when he plead
ed guilty to using forged war
assets administration certificates.
Smith's defense counsel said
the dealer had obtained the cer
tificates from "a dishonest em
ploye of the WAA for $50."
Quality
IS Economy
By
By J H. WILLETT
1 Ihi Capital DrBf Bur
" has been wisely said that
the good is always cheapest in
the end. This is especially true
of medicine. Inferior drugs are
never as effective, never as sat
isfactory. Manufacturers of quality
pharmaceuticals are careful to
maintain excellent standards
in medical preparation, they
are conscious of the public
service they perform, of the
great trust the medical profes
sion puts in them.
Just so with the quality
pharmacist. He uses only the
best drugs, keeps his stocks up
to the minute, compounds care
fully and skillfully. Your doc
tor depends upon him. You can
rely on a quality pharmacist,
too.
Thl. la It, WO if trrlra of Editorial
adrrrtlirmanta appearing in this paper
ach Friday.
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Sardines Are Back With the largest catch of sardines since
1945 starting this week (Aug. 22-27), purse seiners have
started unloading the fish into hoppers above, moored off
shore at Monterey, Calif., from which they" are pumped
through pipes to the canneries. The sardines are bringing '
$40 per ton. (AP Wirephoto).
George Thomason
Couldn't Forget
He Used to Be Cop
George Thomason, business
agent for Local 324 of the
Teamsters union, couldn't for
get yesterday that he used to
be a policeman and a prison
guard.
And George is pretty sure
he's the only man who ever
used an airgun to capture es
caped convicts.
That's the reason two trus
ties who ran away from the
state prison farm Sunday were
back behind the walls today.
Thomason modestly e x -plains
that he didn't do it all
alone. He happened to be in
Waldport, and he and Earl
Houghton, of the Toledo crea
mery, were having coffee in a
cafe when Earl Junior Bonney
and Vernon Melvin George,
the two fugitives, came in.
"They recognized me," said
Thomason, "and took off like
a couple of jackrabbits."
Thomason and Houghton
gave chase and succeeded in
getting the fugitives between
them. Thomason ran across a
man with an airgun and bor
rowed it. He got in hailing dis
tance of the convicts and told
them to "take it easy." They
raised their hands and offered
no resistance. Thomason and
Houghton got them into the
car and turned them over to
state police who held them at
Toledo jail for transfer to Sa
lem. "It wasn't an ordinary BB
gun," Thomason said. "It was
a pretty good gun. But I
wouldn't have known how to
shoot it. Anyway it wasn't
loaded." '
Will Have to Walk
Astoria, Aug. 26 VP) Resi
dents of an area just beyond a
canyon east of here will be
walking for the next six weeks.
A bridge over the chasm is
being torn down to make way
for a new one. The 35 families
who live in the area will cross
the canyon afoot meanwhile.
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Armed Forces Want
Canned Pineapple
Washington, Aug. 26 VP) -The
armed forces are in the market
for 16,923,000 pounds of canned
pineapple.
Also 14,798,000 pounds of to
mato catsup, 120,000 pounds of
tuna fish, and varying amounts
of other canned goods.
But no spinach.
The quartermaster corps said
the three armed forces have all
of that they need.
Loretta Young Loses Baby
Los Angeles, Aug. 26 VP)
Loretta Young has lost the baby
she and her husband, radio ad
vertising executive Thomas A
Lewis, were expecting in Febru
ary.
The actress underwent minor
surgery yesterday after the mis
fortune. Doctors at Queen of
Angels hospital said she will be
confined for several days.
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